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Old Mar 17, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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At the local dealer today, in service dept getting a tire installed. There sits a spanking new street glide with a freshly installed 120R, as I am admiring the mighty 120R a salesman walks up with potential buyer and starts the bike. He immediately srarts revving the bike near redline, I mean immediately like the starter was still spinning when he starts jabbing the throttle. What a dumbass, a mechanic from the shop comes out and jumps on his *** because it hasn't even been broken in yet. Just makes me want to buy it....NOT...what a douche.
 
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I hope the potential buyer walked away....fast!
 
Old Mar 17, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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I was almost embarrased for the salesman, made him look like an idiot
 
Old Mar 17, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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Most salemen are idiots, you would think that if your livelyhood was selling ine singke brand you might learn a few things about it!
 
Old Mar 17, 2012 | 02:35 PM
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Most salemen are idiots, you would think that if your livelyhood was selling ine singke brand you might learn a few things about it!
Salespeople and dealerships in the automotive/motorcycle world in gerneral are still stuck in the pre-internet era. They still don't acknowledge that there are forums for everything and most people do their homework before walking into a business. They act like it's still 1950. They lie and mislead people.
I try to tell people that in this day and age you cannot lie about anything. Google alone will point out 99% of lies.
 
Old Mar 17, 2012 | 03:08 PM
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Google alone will point out 99% of lies.
Actually, I googled that and its only 94% of lies.
 
Old Mar 17, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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you mean like this idiot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GOXeAgEMiA
 

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I don't know why they call them salesmen,,,,,all they do is show you a bike, tell ya little bit about the bike, then they turn you over to the guy/girl behind the desk to talk numbers,they are the one that sell the bike, not the idiots on the showroom floor.That's all the are,,,,,,showroom Men?
 
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There is too much mis-information on the Internet to believe half of it!
 
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you mean like this idiot?
Wow, he was a trip.
 



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